Spraying device



Patented Sept. 10, 1929.

SAMUEL e. nosimnn, or nrcnmonn HILL, NEW Yomfil I SPRAYING DEVICE.

Application filed March 3, 1926. Serial No. 91,957.

V This invention relates to improvements in spraying devices, and hasparticular reference to the provision of means for spraying garments tofacilitate pressing of the same.

In the manufacture of garments such as responding parts throughout theseveral views.-

In carrying out the invention, my novel spraying device includes aflexible conduit or couphng 10, a manually operated valve 11, a p

shirts, underwear, and other articles of cotto ."channeled member 12,and a spray nozzle 13. I goods, it is necessary that they be presseThese parts may preferably be arranged as afterforination, in orderto'be presentable for sales and display purposes. Such press- 0 ing isusually done with hand'irons, and the shown in 1, the flexible conduitor coupling 10 be ng connected to a liquid supply pipe 14 which isconveniently arranged ad- '60 articles must be moistened beforepressing, jacent to a pressing table, of any ordinary as is well knownto those skilled in the art. I

propose to spray the garments with water, whereby the time required forthe moistening operationis much less than for the hand spongingoperation, with the additional ad vantage that better work may beobtained.

One object of the invention is to provide a spraying device particularlyadapted for use 0 in connection with pressing garments, which will beflexibly mounted above or adjacent to the pressing table whereby a sprayof water or other liquid may be applied in different directions so as toevenly spray the whole-gar- 5 ment regardless of-its size or shape.

Another object is to provide such a device with a flexible support whichwill be resilient so as to return to its normal position out of the Wayof the presser when it is released.

1 Another: object is to provide such a device which will lie-simple inconstruction, strong and durable in service, efficient in'operation, andan improvement in the art. n

With these and other objects in view, the

i invention resides in the novel features of construction, combination,and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims.

1 In the accompanying drawings, wherein Y a preferred embodiment of theinvention is shown by way of illustration, I

Fig. 1 is a view showing my spraying device as mounted upon a pressingtable. i Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through thespraying device. Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 2.

or preferred type, upon which the garment 16 to be pressed is spreadout.

Iprefer to make use of a valve of the type shown, which comprises a bodyportion 17 having an annular valve seat 18, and laterally extendinginlet and outlet ports 19 and 20 respectively, said ports communicatingwith opposite sides of the valve seat. The lower portion 21 of the valvebody 17 is preferably 7 of an enlar ed diameter, and fitted with a screwthrea ed closure plug 22 having a bore 23 serving as a guide for a stem24 of a valve 25, A'coxnpression spring 26 is disposed between the upperside ofthe plug 22 and an an- 'nular shoulder 27 on the lower'side ofValve 25, whereby to force the valve against the valve seat 18, andinorder to provide a tight sealing, the valve 25 preferably carries on itsupper side a disc 28 of rubber, fiber, or other suitable compositionmaterial to contact with the seat 18. The disc 28 may be held in placeby a screw 29 or othr fastening means. The upper portion of the valve.body 17 is formed 3 with a threaded bore 30in alinement' with the valveseat 18, and into which is screwed a centrally operated plug 31 whichcooperates with a packing gland 32 to maintain compressible packing 33.For the purpose of operating the valve 25 against the action of thespring 26, a. plunger 34 is slidable through the members 31 and 32, thelower end of said plunger contacting the head ofthe screw 29, and theup- -per end extending beyond the gland 32 for engagement by a lever 35which is pivoted at 36 to a bifurcated extension 37 of the valve body17. Thus by depression-of the lever 35,

Fig.4 is a sectional'view on the line 4 -4 of the valve is forced awayfrom its seat 18, al-

i lowingthe water or other fluid:t0.pass from l Similar referencecharacters designate corthe inlet port 19 to the outlet port 20. ml

have a suitable degree of resiliency, I may surround it with a helicalsprin 38. Water or other spraying fluid is supplied through the conduit14 and flexible coupling 10 to the inlet port 19. The. water is underpressure varying in accordance witlnlocal working conditions, goodresults havmg been obtained with pressures ranging from 60 to 80 poundsper square inch.

The outlet port extends through a stem 39 which supports the sinuouslychanneled member 12 having a plurality of reversely disposed passages 40connected together at their ends as clearly shown at 41 in Fig. 2, andterminating in a dowm trd direction as at 42.

A nipple 43 is carried by the member 12 in alinement with thepassage-42, for the connection of the spraying nozzle 13,which-comprises a hollow shell or cap 44 internally threaded at 45. Adeflector 46 is adjustably mounted within the threaded portion of theshell-44, and is provided with diagonal passages 47 at opposite sides ofits periphery, and may have a stem 48 to facilitate its assembly andadjustment in the shell 44. The outer wall 49 of the shell 44 isrelatively thin and preferably tapering toward its center where a smallopening 50 is formed, the wall material at the edge of the opening beingpractically a knife edge.

As water or other spraying fluid enters the shell 44 from the nipple 43it strikes the deflector 46 and is forced through the diagonal passages47 against theouter wall 49. By virtue of the angular disposition of thepassages 47 and the taper of the inner surface of the wall I 49 thewhirling motion of the fluid is greatly increased, and this, coupledwith the passage through the restricted opening 50, effectively breaksup the stream and produces a fine spray which diverges from the nozzle.The angular divergence. of the spray may be varied by adjusting thedeflector longitudinally in the shell 44, lowering the position of thedeflector being effective to widen the spray.

In use, the device is mounted as shown in Fig. 1, the normal position ofthe partsbeing substantially as shown in full lines in this view. Thegarment 16 to be pressed is'properly spread out upon the table 15,whereupon the operator grasps the body 21 of the valve 11 between thethumb and fingers of one hand with the palm of the hand overlyingthehandle 35. The device is then moved, by flex-ure of the coupling 10,to the dotted. line position, after which the handle 35 is depressed toopen the valve and permit the passage of water through the sinuouslychanneled member and nozzle. In carrying out the operation, the

device may be moved laterally, or in fact, in any direction necessary,thus insuring the spraying of any garment regardless of variations insize or shape. \Vhen the garment has been completely sprayed, the deviceis released, and it automatically returns to its normal, substantiallyupright position, under the action of the spring 38, and because of suchposition and the presence of member 12, a volume of liquid remainsbetween the valve. and the nozzle. After the device has returned to itsinoperative position as in Fig. 1, the nozzle is at the highest point inthe system, and therefore there will be no after-drip from it, and theentrapped volume of liquid remaining between the valve 11 and the nozzle13 results in practically instantaneous pro- -jection of a spray in thenext operation so that a high efliciency is obtained.

From the foregoing it will be evident that I have provided a sprayingdevice simple in construction, and efiicient in operation. lVhile I havedescribed the device as being particularly adapted for sprayinggarments, I do not limitmyself to such use, since it may beadapted withequal advantage to other purposes. The invention is susceptible ofmodification and I reserve the right to make such changes as fall withinthe scope of the appended claims. without departing from the spirit ofthe; invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. Ina spraying device of the class described, the combination with avertically fixed conduit, of a flexible, resilient, conduit incommunication at one end with the upper end of the fixed conduit,andadapted by its resilience to normally stand in a substantiallyvertical position, and. a spray nozzle positioned on the other end ofthe resilient conduit so thatjt will be at substantially the highestpoint in the conduit when the device is inoperative.

2. In a spraying device of the class described, the combination with avertically fixed conduit for fluid, of a flexible, resilient, conduit incommunication at one end with the upper end of the fixed conduit, andadapted by its resilience to normally stand in a substantially verticalposition, the resilient con- 'duit comprising a length of flexibletubing enclosed by a helical spring wound thereon, a third conduitcommunicatingwith the other end of the resilient conduit and providedwith a manually controlled valve, and a spray nozzle positioned on thethird eonduit so that it will be at substantially the highest point inthe conduit when the device 1 is inoperative. SAMUEL G. BUSKARD.

